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Muslims of Swing-State Michigan Endorse Trump as the Anti-War Candidate
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1) Michigan Muslims Endorse Trump
Muslims in the swing-state of Michigan have endorsed President Trump as the anti-war candidate.
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“As the President said we just had a positive meeting with President Trump. We as Muslims stand with President Trump because he promises peace. He promises peace not war. We are supporting Donald Trump because he promised to end war in the Middle East and Ukraine. The bloodshed has to stop all over the world and I think this man can make that happen. I personally believe that God saved his life twice for a reason. I believe personally that God has saved his life for a reason, which is to save the lives of others. We support Donald J. Trump for his commitment to promoting family values and protecting our children's well-being, especially when it comes to curriculums and schools. We as Muslims support this man because we believe that he will be a president for all Americans, embracing every race, colour, and religion. We are with President Trump because we want a strong border. And we agree with President Trump that anyone who wants to come to this country is welcome, but he has to do that through legal pathway. We are with President Trump because we want a strong economy. Don't you want that? We are with President Trump to Make America Great Again through peace and justice for all. Lastly, Michiganders, I have two predictions for you for the next six months. Are you ready? Number one, the Detroit Lions will win the Super Bowl. Ready for the second prediction? I can't hear you, are you ready? The second prediction is Donald J. Trump will be the 47th president of the United States of America.”
Many online commentators have reacted in surprise at this news that they had not expected.
Others are incredulous.
Though predict it is exactly what we did, back in January 2022 on episode 1780 of the Joe Rogan Experience - which was censored for three weeks by Spotify.
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Maajid Nawaz on Joe Rogan’s JRE episode 1780: “Before the invasion of Iraq, Muslim Americans used to generally vote Republican. And the reason was largely, again, there's always exceptions, the reason was largely because of the social conservative family values. Muslims are very socially conservative. Believe in family, believe in community, and…all the debates you hear today about liberals and the whole kind of, you know, LGBT and all that stuff, you can imagine coming from a religious background, Muslims are a lot more conservative on that stuff. They used to vote for Republican Party, and then Iraq happened, and they switched to the Democrats. And I think we're in a moment now where that switch is going back from the Democrats, back very slowly back to the Republicans again.
And Trump's last election result demonstrated that trend because despite Trump's presidency and...I often get accused of all sorts of things. Look, I have been on the streets in London protesting President Trump when he floated the Muslim ban, because I'm married to a beautiful American woman, and I would...I was worried about being banned coming into America. With my background, it actually meant something, right? So I was on the streets protesting Trump. So despite me, you know, what I'm about to say, I don't want anyone to misinterpret and suddenly imagine that Trump's...I'm tired of people putting words in my mouth. They haven't lived my life. They don't know why I think what I think. But having protested Trump...It is interesting to see the results that he got in these elections. His share of the Muslim vote went up and his share of the African-American vote went up, not down, this last 2020 election. And I think that's the beginning of something that's happening where people on the social stuff, these communities, and the same for Latino votes, by the way, these communities, I think they're beginning to prioritise their social conservative once more because when you look to foreign policy, there's not really too much that Biden redeems himself on. So I think that vote’s gonna switch back again.”
Watch Maajid Nawaz’s full episode 1780 with Joe Rogan from January 2022.
Notice the precise similarities in the reasons cited by the Muslims of Michigan for backing Trump, and what we forecasted above, on Rogan’s JRE 1780 back in January 2022.
The Muslim endorsement for Trump in Michigan secures this race for MAGA in what is one of the closest swing states of this election, where it will make a real and material impact on the result.
Radical Media reports 12th September 2024:
In fact, it is not too implausible to suggest that this development may in fact swing the entire race. The available data surely do lend themselves to this suggestion.
The Conversation reports 8th January 2024:
“For some Arab Americans, a community that overwhelmingly voted Democratic in the 2020 presidential election, that support may have negative consequences on Biden’s attempt to regain the White House in 2024. In fact, numerous Middle Eastern and Muslim American leaders have called for their communities to “abandon Biden” in the upcoming presidential election. The question, then, is what effect such defections could have on Biden’s chances of winning reelection”
The above was written in January 2024, and it looks like - now - the answer is yes. To continue…
The Conversation reports 8th January 2024:
“But the outcome of the 2024 presidential election may come down to results in a few swing states where Middle Eastern and Muslim Americans are concentrated, such as Michigan, Virginia, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Arizona. In the 2020 presidential election, for instance, Biden won the state of Michigan by a total of 154,000 votes. The state is home to overlapping groups of more than 200,000 registered voters who are Muslim and 300,000 who claim ancestry from the Middle East and North Africa.”
It looks like Arab and Muslim-American voters in Michigan have more than enough numbers to swing the result in favour of Trump and away from Biden. The below table presents the number of Muslim voters in Michigan in tabulated form.
Source.
To continue breaking that down further…
The Conversation reports 8th January 2024:
“The Arab American Institute, an advocacy group, says that since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict, Arab American support for the Democratic Party has plummeted from 59% in 2020 to just 17%. Among Muslim Americans the drop is worse, from 70% in 2020 to about 10% at the end of 2023. If these poll numbers hold true until Nov. 7, the 2024 presidential election would be the first time in nearly 30 years that the Democrats were not the party of choice for Arab American voters.”
And to zoom in on Michigan, for how that swing may translate on the ground..
The Conversation reports 8th January 2024:
“In Michigan, for example, that could mean Biden would lose about 55,000 votes, or about a third of the 154,000-vote margin of victory he earned over Trump in 2020. Michigan is not the only state where no-shows in these communities could jeopardize Biden’s prospects for victory. Decreased turnout among Middle Eastern, North African and Muslim Americans alone would be enough to erase Biden’s 2020 margins of victory in Arizona – 10,457 votes – and nearly do the same in Georgia, where Biden won by 12,670 votes.”
And the reader is able to see above, Michigan is “not the only state” where this phenomenon has a chance of swinging the result away from Biden and for Trump.
2) Trump will seek peace through strength
The reasons provided by the Muslims of Michigan for backing Trump over Harris are because they believe he is the anti-war candidate, not just in Ukraine but also in Palestine. Evidence seems to bear this out.
As for Israel:
The Times of Israel reports 11th December 2021:
“In the latest taped comments broadcast by Channel 12, Trump said he believed Netanyahu ‘did not want to make peace. Never did’; claimed he prevented the Israeli leader from annexing West Bank land (‘I got angry and I stopped it’); offered his favorable opinion on Defense Minister Benny Gantz (‘I think [he] wanted to make a deal… if he won, I think it would be a lot easier’); and his evolving view on the Israel-Palestinian conflict (‘I [had] thought the Palestinians were impossible, and the Israelis would do anything to make peace and a deal. I found that not to be true’).”
And this is confirmed in the below video.
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Trump: “It's going to have to do with both sides, but a lot will have to do with Israel and whether or not Israel wants to make the deal. As far as settlements, I'd like to see you hold back on settlements for a little bit. We'll work something out, but I would like to see a deal be made. It might be a bigger and better deal than people in this room even understand. ‘That's a possibility. So let's see what we do’. Doesn't sound too optimistic. I was disappointed in Bibi just on a personal basis.
I thought he (Abbas) wanted to make a deal more than Netanyahu. And I will be honest, I had a great meeting with him. Abbas, right? I had a great meeting with him. And we spent a lot of time together, talked about many things. And it was almost like a father. I mean, he was so nice. Couldn't have been nicer. And after meeting with Bibi (Netanyahu) for three minutes, I looked at him and said, ‘you don't want to make a deal, do you?’ And he said, ‘well’, and the fact is, I don't think Bibi ever wanted to make a deal”.
Likewise, this seems to be the case with Russia and Ukraine too.
The Times reports 24th October 2024:
The Times reports 24th October 2024:
“President Putin of Russia has said that he welcomed Donald Trump’s pledge to end the war in Ukraine if the Republican returns to the White House, adding he believed it was sincere. Trump had ‘recently’ spoken of ‘his aspiration to do everything he could to end the conflict in Ukraine’, said Putin, speaking at a press conference at the end of the Brics summit in the city of Kazan in Tatarstan, Russia. ‘It seems to me that he said this sincerely,’ Putin added. ‘And we, of course, welcome statements of this kind, whoever they come from’. Trump has repeatedly claimed that he would be able to “work out something” to end the war in Ukraine if he wins the US presidential election next month. In a rambling interview this month, he blamed President Zelensky of Ukraine for “letting” Russia invade in February 2022.”
It also seems to be the case with Iran. Recently, and twice now, Trump has been at pains to emphasise that he will not seek a war against Iran. The first occasion was on October 9th.
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Trump: “You hear all about Iran, because I was rough with Iran, but I want to see Iran do great. I want to see Iran do great.. but uh I want to stop all the killing and all this.”
And the second occasion was on 17th October.
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Bet-David: “What’s gonna happen to Iran with you by the end of your administration?”
Trump: “I would like to see Iran be very successful. The only thing is they can't have a nuclear weapon.”
Bet-David: “Are you okay with the same administration and way of governing stays? Or would you like to see it go back to the 70s when Shahs was running it and Iran was one of the top three countries in tourism?”
Trump: “Yeah, we can't get totally involved in all that. You know, I mean, we can't run ourselves. Let's face it. Patrick, we can't run ourselves.”
Bet-David: “You put sanctions, that's going to, they don't have, the people are going to turn and flip on them. It's not going to be a..”
Meanwhile, Kamala Harris has been steering discourse in the opposite direction.
The New York Post reports 8th October 2024:
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Broadcaster: “Which foreign country do you consider to be our greatest adversary?”
Kamala Harris: “I think there's an obvious one in mind which is Iran. Iran has American blood on their hands.”
3) Globalists are in a panic
The obvious failure of the globalists to be able to bolster either of their chosen candidates in Biden, and then Harris, has led to open displays of panic among their surrogate voices. To lose even Muslim voters highlights an emergency of sorts.
The recourse has been to try and smear Trump’s hugely successful rally at Maddison Square Gardens as a Nazi rally that is analogous to Hitler’s, which was held in the same venue during the 1930s.
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“Right now, you see it there on your screen, in that place, is particularly chilling. Because in 1939 more than 20 000 supporters of a different fascist leader Adolf Hitler packed the garden for a so-called pro-America rally. A rally where speakers voiced anti-semitic rhetoric from a stage draped with Nazi banners. When a Jewish protester rushed the stage, the Associated Press reported, quote, instantly, a dozen or more stormtroopers set upon him, knocking him down and beating him as he held his head in his arms.”
Even Vice-Presidential candidate Tim Walz made this direct comparison.
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VP candidate Tim Walz: “Donald Trump has descended into madness over the last few weeks. And I think some of you don't miss on this. Go do your Google on this. Donald Trump's got this big rally going at Madison Square Garden. There's a direct parallel to a big rally that happened in the mid 1930s at Madison Square Garden. And don't think that he doesn't know for one second exactly what they're doing there.”
The fact that Bill Clinton held his own rally at the same venue in 1992 seemed lost on the Democrats.
Instead, the panic seemed to appear more and more desperate, with television personalities such as Whoopie Goldberg claiming that Trump would deport all ethnic minorities from America, and even forcibly separate mixed-race couples in order to achieve that.
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Whoopie Goldberg: “He’s talking about you. It’s us. He's not going to be, he's not going to, you know, say, oh, you're with a white guy. I'm going to keep you from being deported. No, he's going to deport you and put the white guy with someone else. The man is out there.”
The real reason these voices are rattled is because Trump has noticed that evil lurks within the United States, and that it’s time for a house clean.
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Trump: “We're dealing with the smartest people. They hate when I say, you know, when I called President Xi, they said, he called President Xi brilliant. Well, he's a brilliant guy. He controls 1.4 billion people with an iron fist. I mean, he's a brilliant guy, whether you like it or not. And they go crazy.”
Rogan: “Right, it doesn't mean he's not evil, or it doesn't mean he's not dangerous.”
Trump: “Of course not. But actually, we have evil people in our country. If you have a smart president, he can deal with Russia, he can deal with all of it. Russia would have never gone into Ukraine if I were president.”
4) Obama and his surrogates are no longer relevant
In this context, and due to their repeated ad hominem, disregard and disrespect for minority voices, Democratic party talking heads - such as Obama - are inadvertently making themselves more and more irrelevant to ethnic minority voter concerns.
In a spectacular backfire on the campaign trail, president Obama recently tried to admonish black men for lacking enthusiasm for Kamala Harris by implying that they were sexist.
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Obama: “Work harder. And do more. And overcome. And achieves the second highest office in the land, and is putting forward concrete proposals to directly address the things that are vital in our neighbourhoods and our communities, from housing to making sure that our mothers and our fathers and our grandparents can afford medicine, and making sure that we are dealing with prices that are too high, and rents that are too high, and are committed to, is committed to making sure that we maintain the Affordable Care Act. So everybody's got to help people. And cares about things like education and entrepreneurship in our neighbourhoods.
And that's on one side. And on the other side, you have someone who has consistently shown disregard, not just for the communities, but for you as a person, and you're thinking about sitting down...and you're coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses. I've got a problem with that because part of it makes me think, and I'm speaking to men directly now, part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren't feeling the idea of having a woman as president.”
This did not go down too well.
The Times reports 11th October 2024:
The Times reports 11th October 2024:
"Barack Obama has been criticised for admonishing black men who are reluctant to vote for Kamala Harris because she is a woman, telling them that their stance is ‘not acceptable’…At an unannounced stop at a campaign office in the swing state of Pennsylvania Obama, 63, said that he wanted to ‘speak some truths’ after hearing reports on the ground that there was lower enthusiasm for Harris, 59, than there was for his own candidacy in 2008 and 2012. The lack of engagement, he said, ‘seems to be more pronounced with the brothers’. He added: ‘Part of it makes me think — and I’m speaking to men directly — part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that. You’re thinking about sitting out or supporting somebody who has a history of denigrating you, because you think that’s a sign of strength, because that’s what being a man is? Putting women down? That’s not acceptable’…Obama’s comments drew anger in some quarters. Nina Turner, a Democratic former Ohio state senator, who is black, told CNN that it was wrong for the former president to single out one part of society. “Why are black men being belittled in ways that no other voting group [is]?” she said. “Now, a lot of love for former President Obama, but for him to single out black men is wrong.”
The fact is that, like Muslim-Americans, black American men have long ago started to abandon the Democrats. No amount of ‘telling off’ by Obama is going to change that.
The Times reports 11th October 2024:
“A recent poll for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) found that one in four young black men were planning to vote for Trump on November 5. Democrats have historically won the vast majority of black votes, with Joe Biden winning 92 per cent four years ago.”
And true to form, just as he decided to try and speak down to black men, Obama attempted the same thing with Muslim voters. Again it backfired.
Obama: “If you’re Christian and you care deeply about the abortion issue. I understand that, but... But does that mean you'll support somebody who seems to violate pretty much every precept of the Ten Commandments? If you are a service member and you're somewhat conservative and you're used to voting Republican, I can understand it, but somebody who genuinely does not believe in duty and honour and does not understand why anybody would sacrifice themselves on behalf of their country, why would you do that? If you're a Muslim American and you're upset about what's happening in the Middle East? Why would you put your faith in somebody who passed a Muslim ban and repeatedly suggested that somehow you weren't part of our American community? If you're an African American or Latino, if you're from Puerto Rico and you see somebody whose values seem to indicate that you're not part of their equation, how do you think it's okay? How can you tell yourself it's okay as long as our side wins?”
Instead, Muslim Americans are publicly turning on the known and cultivated Democratic party “Muslim-community’ surrogates, such as former MSNCBs Mehdi Hassan.
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Mehdi Hassan: “I've seen some foreign analysts and influencers like Sami Hamdi suggest it is your obligation as a Muslim to vote against Harris”.
Imam Tom Faccine: “Mehdi Hassan has been spending so much time with Emgage that he started to call out his opponents as being foreign analysts who are interfering in US politics, which is really ironic coming from Mehdi and his crisp British accent. And the ink hasn't even dried on his US citizenship papers, which he got, ironically, under Trump's watch. At any rate, we reject the divide and conquer tactics that Mehdi is trying to push. You know, people like Sami Hamdi and Mohammad Jalal have simply articulated what the bulk of the Muslim American community in America is feeling. That's why when you look at the Imam's letter that we put together, you see a ton of support, not just in numbers, but also in geographical diversity, even in ideological diversity. That's why when you look at Yaqeen Institute's latest polling data on how the Muslim American community is feeling, a lot of them if not the majority of them are leaning towards the Green Party that's where the community's at that's also why the USCMO the task force for Palestine has released its endorsement which is in line with that data and in line with what we're saying that the Muslim community should not vote for either of the major two parties but should rather pursue a third party this election. Even the uncommitted movement whose leadership sort of betrayed the base, um the base is reorganising and trying to reclaim the movement. They also are very upset at endorsing Harris. All of this to say that this is a genuine grassroots movement and Mehdi can either get on the bus and join the movement or he can get out of our way.”
Mehdi Hassan: “I am, though, uncomfortable watching some Muslims weaponise our faith and our sense of community to try and score political points.”
Imam Tom Faccine: “Now, if Mehdi wants to claim that we're weaponising the religion, then we would say that Islam is the first thing, and faith is the first thing that should be weaponised. The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, he said:
الدعاء سلاح المؤمن
That ‘prayer is the weapon of the believer’. So yes, we're going to use our faith. We're not going to leave our faith at the door. We are tired of being told that we have to leave our faith at the door when every other community is not expected to do that. Unlike Mahdi, what we're not weaponising is fear. Call it what it is, we're weaponising our faith, we're weaponising our Islam. Mahdi is weaponising fear. And that is something that is not okay and is even more emotionally blackmailish and cringy than trying to bring Islam into the picture.
In fact, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says in the Quran:
إِنَّمَا ذَلِكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ يُخَوِفَ أَوْلِيَاءً
He says that ‘the Shaitan, the devil, is the one who tries to use fear tactics’ to try to get people to act in unprincipled ways and this is not a personal attack against Mehdi no one get it twisted, we like Mehdi when he debates, we just don't like Mehdi as a political analyst. In fact, if you go back to other people many people have seen through Mehdi, Rifat al-Arir saw through Mehdi, he said that he was a sellout you can check the tweets. Norman Finkelstein saw through Mehdi as a political analyst. He called him a sack of, you know what, you can check it on YouTube.”
Norman Finklestein: “Mehdi Hassan says, who, like me, has defended Corbyn up until now, but like me, struggles to defend his quote-unquote Zionist remarks that have emerged from 2013. This sack of…opportunist!”
Imam Tom Faccine: “And for Mehdi to sort of wave his credentials in the air for the Palestinian issue, to say that he left corporate media, was that one of those, you can't fire me, I quit things? Because I'm not really quite sure about the timeline on that. Recall that it wasn't enough for Mehdi to call upon the Muslim community to abandon Biden. The genocide wasn't enough for him. Mehdi only moved to call people to replace Biden with another Democratic candidate after his performance at the debate. So what has this taught us about Mehdi's credentials on the Palestinian issue? That the slaughter of Palestinians wasn't enough to call for replacing that candidate, but doing bad at a debate was.”
As the Muslims of Michigan endorsement for Trump indicates, this trend away from Democratic party ‘Muslim community’ surrogates will continue, despite the corporate media attempt to revive their reputations by provided scripted viral moments in order to increase their visibility.
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Mehdi Hassan: “Called Nazis. Stop..”
Mehdi opponent: “No, no, no, you've been called an anti-Semite more than anyone else's table. And people would sit there and... No, by me. I've never called you an anti-Semite. I mean, I'm not sitting here saying...
Mehdi Hassan: “I'm a supporter of the Palestinians, so I'm used to it.
Mehdi opponent: “Well, I hope your beeper doesn't go off. The thing is, is that...”
Mehdi Hassan: “Did you just say I should die? You should not. No, I said... Did you just say I should be killed?”
Mehdi opponent: “No, I did not say that.”
Mehdi Hassan: “Hold on, hold on. Did you just say I should be killed?
Mehdi opponent: “No, I didn't. Hold on.”
Mehdi Hassan: “On live TV?…“You said you hope my beeper doesn't go off.
Mehdi opponent: “...I apologize.”
Mehdi Hassan: “Are you a racist, violent person inciting violence against me?”
Host: “Ryan, Ryan. That's disgusting. That is completely out of pocket.”
Mehdi opponent: “…I thought he said Hamas.”
Mehdi Hassan: …“You didn't think I said Hamas.…I said I'm in support of Palestinian rights… What's funny is Rudy Giuliani said this yesterday, so you're a great guest to be here…This is what we're in now. This is America in 2024. Here's what I will say. Forget the racism. That's right. I should die".
Mehdi opponent: “I didn't say that. You should die.”
Mehdi Hassan: “What does beeper mean? Don't give me your fake ignorance.”
Mehdi opponent: “I did not say you should die.”
Mehdi Hassan: “Why did you say with my beeper, guys? What did you mean? What did you mean by the beeper? So what did you mean? What did you mean by the beeper?..No, you didn't. You said, I hope your beeper doesn't go off. At least have the guts to support your racist comment…Don't call us Nazis, but I'm gonna threaten the brown guys that terrorists can kill him.”..
None of this CNN pantomime though will restore Mehdi Hassan’s reputation among Muslims. Word is out.
All that remains is for us to advise those Muslims who have endorsed Trump to remember that no candidate will ever be perfect. Endorsements should be for issues, not personalities. As such, there will always remain a role for holding personalities to account on said issues. Wikileaks have done a good job in formulating some critical questions that should be posed to Trump as the earliest opportunity.
Either way, it looks like the job is done.
#NCSWIC and the Shadow Knows.
5) Southport child killer faces new bio-weapon charge and for possessing an al-Qaeda manual
The teenage child killer of Southport who used a knife to rampage through a children’s gathering has been charged on new charges of possessing the bio-weapon Ricin and for owning an al-Qaeda manual.
Sky News reports 29th October 2024:
This was the case that sparked last summer’s Muslim / non-Muslim communal riots in the UK. Radical Media has the background.
Radical Media reports 7th August 2024:
On this new development, we have advised caution. For those who are confused with these recent developments in the Southport case, here is why we must remain cautious and await the facts before…
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